I just got home from the TNA house show at the dome in the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, CT. My brother and I bought the VIP packages which placed us in the fourth row. We arrived at 5PM and waited for the meet and greet at 530.

At 5:30, we got in line and got autographs of Austin Aries, Christopher Daniels, Alex Shelley, Jesse Sorensen and Gail Kim with her fiancé Chef Robert Irvine nearby. Then we bought the Velvet Sky package and got her auto at 6:30 and finally we were able to go backstage and meet AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy around 7PM as well as getting backstage passes for intermission where we met Kurt Angle, James Storm, Bobby Roode and RVD.

Now onto the matches:

First was 3 way X Division title match with Austin Aries defending against Alex Shelley and Jesse Sorensen. Aries keeps title when he hit a brain buster on Sorensen.

Next was Gail Kim vs. Connecticut's own Velvet Sky for the Knockouts Title with Earl " I screwed Bret" Hebner as ref. Gail pinned Velvet while hooking her tights. Velvet got a bit of revenge by implanting Gail to the mat.

Next was AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels. It was a great match with AJ winning via the Styles Clash in center of ring.

Next Bully Ray came to ring. He challenged the fans for a fight and said since no one can beat him, he challenged the back and RVD came out. The end of the match had RVD nailing five star splash and then ref was distracted when Ray tried to use a chair. Earl took chair away allowing Ray to use chain and pinned RVD.

After intermission, the double main event occurred. First was Bobby Roode defending against Jeff Hardy. Match ended with Brian Hebner down, Roode used a low blow and then used fisherman's suplex to pin Jeff. Jeff got revenge when he hit twist of fate onto Roode.

Last match was Kurt Angle against James Storm. James won the match with the Last Call superkick onto Kurt.

After the match, James invited the fans into the ring for picture taking and the crowd went home happy.

Biggest Pops:
1. Jeff Hardy
2 Velvet Sky
3. James Storm

Biggest Boos:
1. Bully Ray
2. Bobby Roode

I cannot wait to see TNA again.


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